Best and worst of SmackDown Live: 15 August, 2017

#1 Worst: Using Becky Lynch as enhancement talent

Couldn't some other woman have taken the fall?

Natalya had a showcase match against Becky Lynch ahead of her big match against Naomi at SummerSlam 2017. But that's only on paper as nobody in the entire WWE Universe really seems to care about the said contest.

It was inevitable that Becky Lynch would take the fall in such a contest, and while we knew it beforehand, it was still painful to watch the first ever SmackDown Live Women's Champion and arguably the most over female babyface in the entire roster, tap out to a woman who does not have nearly as much equity as the "Irish Lass Kicker" does.

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Wins and losses do matter. Just ask Bray Wyatt. People take you far less seriously if you are getting pinned all the time on the main roster. It seems like Becky is now essentially the female Bray Wyatt.

We do hope WWE realises the gold mine they have in Becky Lynch, a woman who gets a genuine babyface reaction in 2017 (which is quite a rare feat) and stop using her as just another wrestler on SmackDown.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram